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9/16/2013 11:05AM

Delicate Task to Salvage Costa Concordia Begins

Engineers have started the process of righting the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that struck a reef near Giglio Island off the coast of Italy in January 2012. Dipti Kapadia reports. Photo: Getty Images

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